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Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world and have been published in 25 languages. [1]
Oct 10, 2024 · Katherine Mansfield (born October 14, 1888, Wellington, New Zealand—died January 9, 1923, Gurdjieff Institute, near Fontainebleau, France) was a New Zealand-born English master of the short story, who evolved a distinctive prose style with many overtones of poetry.
Sep 15, 2018 · Katherine Mansfield (October 14, 1888 – January 9, 1923), best known for her mastery of the short story form, was born in Wellington, New Zealand as Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp. Mansfield is recognized for revolutionizing the modern English short story.
In 1908, she convinced her father to let her return to London and left New Zealand in July that year. Mansfield went on to become an internationally acclaimed writer best known for her Modernist short stories.
Jun 9, 2023 · A Writer First: The Life of Katherine Mansfield. Katherine Mansfield was a prodigiously gifted writer who revolutionized the English short story before dying of tuberculosis at a tragically young age.
Katherine Mansfield was born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp in Wellington, New Zealand, on October 14, 1888. Innovative, accessible, and psychologically acute, Mansfield’s numerous short stories pioneered the genre’s shape in the 20th century.
Jan 5, 2023 · Claire Harman’s new Katherine Mansfield biography, All Sorts of Lives, begins and ends bloodily, with the haemorrhage that killed its subject one hundred years ago on January 9 1923.
Jan 23, 2023 · The Katherine Mansfield Memorial Garden is a peaceful, oblong-shaped park set in the midst of Thorndon, in Wellington, New Zealand. It is named after the city’s most famous daughter, the short story writer Katherine Mansfield, whose work is widely read in France and Europe but has been slow to capture the attention of British and […]
Jan 29, 2018 · Katherine Mansfield wrote short stories, poetry, letters, journals and reviews, and is regarded as a central figure in British modernism. Three story collections were published while she was alive and two posthumously.
Katherine Mansfield (born Kathleen Beauchamp, 1888-1923) is arguably New Zealand's most significant and enduringly famous writer. This guide will help you to research Katherine Mansfield and the collections held at the National Library of New Zealand and the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.